My name is Christine J. Chang.  All my years of formative schooling and collective experiences have empowered me to reach for a nursing career, which enables me to help others while at the same time provide me with different trajectories for personal growth and knowledge development.  Every day when I am beside my patients, I have every opportunity to mold and solidify my assessment tools, and to work collaboratively with a multi-faceted medical treatment team to help my patients achieve recovery.  I am a patient advocate and I recognize the importance of having strong assessment skills in order to address their and their families' needs.  For me nursing is my passion and it promises much more in terms of personal growth in areas of education and other specialties.